Original article History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches

The place of the Russian notionalist Pososhkov in the history of economic doctrines

Alla Kirova - Economic Research Institute аt BAS
Received: 01 Jun 2022
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Issue 5/2021
JEL B B1 B11
DOI https://doi.org/10.56497/etj2166506

Abstract

Ivan Pososhkov is one of the founders of Russian economic thought. He is the author of the first systematized treatise on economic issues in its history - "Book on Poverty and Wealth", which will celebrate its 300th anniversary in three years. Pososhkov's ideas have aroused unceasing interest among historians of economic sciences, and for a long time he was considered as a representative of the mercantilist school in Russia. In the last decade, however, mainly, but not only in the Russian specialized literature, a discussion has unfolded about the categorization of his concept and its referring to a specific school/field of economics. The purpose of the article is a critically analysis of the arguments offered and an attempt to make sense of the place of Pososhkov's views in the history of economic doctrines. As a result, his concept is categorized within the frames of “cameralism”.

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